Backers of the extension still need to clear several additional votes in the Senate, before the GOP-controlled House can even consider it. House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, of Maryland, voiced hope that the Senate could pressure the House to act on the bill.

the reason they have been out of work over 100 weeks already is because Obama and his people have been destroying American jobs en masse

also, there really is a problem with some of these folks not being willing to work (they can make more by sitting on their butts at home watching Oprah reruns, just by collecting all the dole checks and benefits including “extended” (meaning, welfare) unemployment for years and years and years)

the local small business people complain that nobody wants to work anymore, and they can’t fill their vacant jobs.

this is destroying the American economy and needlessly turning many perfectly good, able-bodied people into useless welfare bums... we get what we pay for...

Valid arguments on both sides of this issue. But, one of the attitudes that continue to perplex me are attitudes like your statement.

Many of these unemployed are older generation individuals who have burned through any savings and who are unable to find work, simply because in many areas of this country, there are no jobs. In other locations, the limited jobs available are going to younger workers.

Your statement makes it sound as if things are just fine in the Obama economy and it's these unemployed who just want something for nothing, as if these unemployed aren't victims at all. I'm fairly sure nothing is further from the truth.

The hostility being expressed by some here and elsewhere is misdirected. Instead of blaming the unemployed, why are so few identifying the real cause of a terrible jobs market and placing blame where it belongs...the resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

People who were making 50k before might have truly never been worth that much and had a bump from the prior market. In today's market where reality sets the pay scale it could be that 50k person was never worth that and can't find a anyone who will pay them more than 22k a year, so they refuse to work. They want to stay home and not work while waiting for the never appearing 50k job again.

IMO, they need to grow up and move on. You may have been a former government worker making 70k and could find you are actually hardly qualified to make minimum wage in the real world.

Five Republicans joined Heller to support moving forward on the legislation — Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Dan Coats of Indiana and Rob Portman of Ohio.”

Once again former Tea Party darling Kelly Ayotte shows her true RINO ideology.

Because it would never get off the ground in the House, and that would deprive leftists of an issue to screech about in the hopes of diverting everyone's attention from Obamacare. All the media will report is that House Republicans are denying people who have collected two years of unemployment from getting another three months. A professional victimcrat makes for much more lurid soundbites and video than the truth does ("spending bills originate in the House, so this is all Harry Reid wasting time to put on a show").

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posted on 01/07/2014 9:55:35 AM PST
by LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)

Many of these unemployed are older generation individuals who have burned through any savings and who are unable to find work, simply because in many areas of this country, there are no jobs. In other locations, the limited jobs available are going to younger workers.

Bingo.

Your statement makes it sound as if things are just fine in the Obama economy and it's these unemployed who just want something for nothing, as if these unemployed aren't victims at all. I'm fairly sure nothing is further from the truth.

The hostility being expressed by some here and elsewhere is misdirected. Instead of blaming the unemployed, why are so few identifying the real cause of a terrible jobs market and placing blame where it belongs...the resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

As someone who is older and has been unemployed for over a year I thank you. It is very difficult as an older worker to find a job and for those who want to tell me to work at mcdonalds etc, let me tell you, mcdonalds isn't going to waste their time and money on me because they know as soon as the economy turns around I'm outta there and secondly, I speak English! There is an incredible amount of age discrimination, I've experienced it over the last year, can't prove it, my word against theirs but I can tell you it's blatantly obvious employers are not interested in older workers, they want the young so they can mold them, they want the young who don't know any better, they want the young who will take the BS.

People on unemployment are not making money hand over fist like some people believe. Here in MA you get half of what you were making and there is a limit....if you were making $500. a week you get $250.00 on unemployment BEFORE taxes, trying paying your bills on that....or if you were making over $1306.00 a week the max you can get from unemployment in MA is $653.00 a week BEFORE taxes....imagine a sales person making $100k a year = $1923 a week and here in MA that person would only get $653. a week, trying paying your bills on that and feeding your family, etc. In other states the formula is a lot different and the amounts are a lot smaller. And AFAIK no one is getting 99 weeks anymore, IIRC they did away with that.

Your post is spot on. I have a BS and have started my Master’s yet still have a hard time landing even part time work, as I have recently begun sending out my CV for PT work instead of just FT as I was doing previously. I am amazed at the headlines which claim the economy is recovering. Does not feel that way to me.

If anybody in congers was actually interested in creating jobs then Boner and the slugs could include approval for the Canadian oil pipeline in the unemployment extension bill. You figger they are gonna extend but doing it without getting something from the Kenyan would be just plain incompetent——but that wouldn’t be news either, I guess?

Yo! You! Military moochers. Before you go into battle, I need to tax you some more.....because Harry Reid and Barry Obama just texted me.....they want $25 Billion for a temporary extension of unemployment checks. So pony up!

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